Shoulder pad



M y 13, 1947- N. BREsLow El AL SHOULDER-PAD Filed Nov. 6, 1945 IN VEN TORS- STN W TOA Patented May 13, 1947 umrso srmes PATENT orrice SHOULDER PAD Nathan fire'slow, Joseph Stein, and fiai'ry Kheitel,

Brooklyn, N. Y;

Application November 6, 1945, Serial No. 627,023

7 Claims.

This invention relates to shoulder pads for dresses, suits, coats and other garments. The principal object of the invention is to provide a shoulder pad which is readily removable from the garment preparatory to dry cleaning or washingand readily replaced in the cleaned garment; without the need of tin-stitching the pad irom the garment and re-stitching it in place. It is and retained in place by the fastened flap. The

pad itself is made of suitably folded or padded cotton batting contained within a casing. outer envelope is stitched to the garment in a manner not to restrict its flap; the latter is unfastened and turned or folded to open the envelope for removal or insertion of the pad proper.

A further object of the invention is to provide a shoulder pad which will have greater resistance to the harmful effects of perspiration and which will have more permanency than the common type of shoulder pad; this is made possible, as will be more fully described herei'n, by the employment of the aforementioned outer envelope and the casing of the pad proper. An allied object is to provide a shoulder pad which will have stifi'fness against wrinkling. This stifiness can be imparted to shoulder pads only by the use of such stiff material as crinolin or buckram. However, crinolin, buckram and similar material cannot be used in the common type of shoulder pad because, being in contact with the skin of the wearer, such material would scratch or otherwise irritate the skin. In the improved shoulder pad the aforesaid casing containing the padded batting of the pad proper may itself be made of crinolin or buckram being completely contained within the outer envelope, will not come in contact with the skin.

The common type of shoulder pad is sewed completely around all three edges of its triangular outline, so that no one of the three edges has any greater padding efi ect or height than the others. A further object of the invention is to provide a shoulder pad which will have increased height or padding effect (and also greater resiliency) along the edge which is presented at the juncture between the sleeve and the shoulder portion of the garment. As will be more fully described herein, the open edge of the aforementioned envelope is presented at this sleeve-shoulder juncture; also, the aforementioned pad proper, or rather, its casing, is left open along this edge, so that the cotton batting is in nil-compressed condition (even when the flap is folded over and fastened) with the result that this edge of the improved pad has greater padding efiect or height and increased resiliency. r

For the attainment of the foregoing and such other objects or the invention as may appear or be pointed out herein, I have shown an embodimerit of my invention in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure l is a perspective View of the improved shoulder pad with the flap of its outer envelope in closing or iolded-b'ack position;

Figure 2 isa perspective View with the flap in open or unfolded position; I

Figure 3 is a perspe' ti've view of the pad proper removed from the outer envelope;

Figure 4 is a top view or a portion of a shoulder of a garment, with the improved shoulder p'a'd ih position and with the flap of its outer envelope closed; and

Figure 5 is a top view of the garment shoulder of Figure 4, shown in-sid'e-out with the improved shoulder pad exposed for removal and insertion of the pad proper.

The outer envelope, designated generally Iii, is conveniently formed from a triangular piece of material (e. g, taffeta) II, Figure 2, and a rhomboid piece of material l2 of substantially twice the size of triangular piece II, sewed along two common edges I3 and I4 to form an envelope having a 'pocket I5, open along edge E6 of triangular piec'e H, and a flap ll, the latter being the uhsew'ed portion of rhomboid piece 12. The triangular piece I I may itself be first formed by folding a rhoinboiii piece of material of substantially the same size as I2,in two, along edge is andv sewing both together in the manner already described. The completed outer envelope is thus presents a triangular pocket I5 open at edge I6 and flap I] which in its unfolded 'position. as shown in Figure 2, exposes the pocket opening it and, when in its folded position, as shown in Figure 1, closes the pocket opening I6. For the purpose of securing flap I 1 in closed position. Figure 1, the opposite apex corners of flap I1 and pocket I5 are provided with cooperative outer envelope.

fastener halves, such as the male snap fastener half 1m, Figure 2, sewed or otherwise secured at the distal apex of flap I 1, and the female snap fastener half |5f secured to the opposite apex of pocket l5.

Within pocket l5 of outer envelope I is inserted the pad proper, which is generally designated 20, see Figure 3, and comprises a triangular shaped casing 25 of crinolin, buckram, or similar stiff material, sewed along two sides 23, 24, to leave the third side 26 open. Pad casing 25 is loaded with cotton batting 30 to present the desired thickness of padding. The batting insert 30 may be sewed into sides 23., 24 of the casing 25 when the casing is formed, for the purpose of holding the batting padding in place within the casing.

The outer envelope l0, more particularly, pocket portion I5, is stitched to the underside of shoulder portion 9, Figure 4, of the garment, preferably at each of the three corners I8 of the The outer envelope is positioned with pocket opening I6 parallel and close to the juncture between shoulder portion 9 and sleeve 6, and with its flap IT in underlying relation to the outer envelope, i. e., so that flap l 1 may be opened downwardly (as shown in Figure 4) Preparatory to inserting or removing pad proper 26, the sleeve of the garment is pushed inwardly at its juncture with shoulder portion 9 so as to turn shoulder portion in-side-out bringing its underside face upward, as shown in Figure 5. This brings the flap I! of the outer envelope i8 uppermost, so that the flap is readily unfolded from. its closed position (shown in solid lines in Figure 5) to its open position (shown in dot-anddash lines); in the latter position of flap I I, pocket opening [6 is easily accessible for removal or insertion of the pad proper.

It will thus be seen that the crinolin or buckram casing 25 of the removable pad 20 provides stiffness to the improved shoulder pad and that it is contained within outer envelope I0 and cannot contact the skin; also, the stiffness of casing 25, to which the batting 30 is sewed, as suggested above, facilitates the handling of the pad proper 20. It will also be seen that the pocket opening I5 is juxtaposed to the sleeve 6, Figure 4, so that the improved pad has the greatest padding effect or height and greatest resilience along this side; this is by reason of the fact that the padding or batting 30 is not compressed along the open side l6 of envelope pocket l5, or along the open side 25 of the pad casing 28. The folding of flap H to close the envelope pocket does not impose any appreciable pressure or compression on the batting.

In the accompanying drawings, the invention has been shown merely by way of example and in preferred form, but obviously many variations and modifications may be made therein which will still be comprised within its spirit. It is to be understood, therefore, that the invention is not limited to any specific form or embodiment, except insofar as such limitations are specified in the appended claims.

We claim:

1. A shoulder pad adapted to be placed close to the juncture between the shoulder portion and sleeve of a garment, in combination, an outer triangular envelope formed of two pieces sewed along two edges to provide a triangular pocket presenting a pocket opening at the third edge, one of the said two pieces extending beyond the said pocket opening to present a triangular fiap, the

said envelope being stitched at the three corners of its said pocket to the underside of the said shoulder portion of the garment with the said pocket opening juxtaposed to the said juncture of shoulder portion and sleeve, and with the said flap in underlying relation to the envelope pocket, a pad proper comprising a triangular casing formed of two pieces sewed along two edges and cotton batting contained within the said casing and exposed at the open edge thereof, the said pad proper being insertable in the said envelope pocket with the said open edge of its casing disposed at the said pocket opening, and a pair of cooperative snap fasteners secured at the apex of the said triangular pocket and at the apex of the said triangular flap for maintaining the flap in folded position closing the said pocket openmg.

2. A shoulder pad adapted to be placed close to the juncture between the shoulder portion and sleeve of a garment, in combination, an outer triangular envelope closed along two edges to provide a triangular pocket presenting a pocket opening at the third edge and having a triangular flap at the said pocket opening, the said envelope being stitched at the three corners of its said pocket to the underside of the said shoulder portion of the garment with the said pocket opening juxtaposed to the said juncture of shoulder portion and sleeve, and with the said flap in underlying relation to the envelope pocket, a pad proper comprisin a triangular casing formed of two pieces sewed along two edges and cotton batting contained within the said casing and exposed at the open edge thereof, the said pad proper being insertable in the said envelope pocket with the said open edge of its casing disposed at the said pocket opening, and a pair of cooperative snap fasteners secured at the apex of the said triangula pocket and at the apex of the said triangular flap for maintaining the flap in folded position closing the said pocket openmg.

3. The combination according to claim 2 wherein the said cotton batting is secured at the said two sewed edges of the casing.

4. A shoulder pad adapted to be placed close to the juncture between the shoulder portion and sleeve of a garment, in combination, an outer triangular envelope closed along two edges to provide a triangular envelope pocket presenting a pocket opening at the third edge and having a triangular flap at the said pocket opening, a pad proper comprising a triangular casing closed along two edges and cotton batting contained within the said casing and exposed at the open edge thereof, the said pad proper being insertable in the said envelope pocket with the said open edge of its casin disposed at the said pocket opening, the said envelope pocket being stitched to the underside of the said shoulder portion of the garment with the said opening of the pocket and the said open edge of the casing juxtaposed to the said juncture of the shoulder portion and sleeve, and with the said flap in underlying relation to the envelope pocket, and means for maintaining the flap in folded position closing the said pocket opening.

5. The combination according to claim 4 wherein the said casing is formed of stiff crinolin material.

6. A shoulder pad adapted to be placed close to the juncture between the shoulder portion and sleeve of a garment, in combination, an outer envelope closed along the edges to provide a pocket presenting a. pocket opening at one edge and having a flap at the said pocket opening, a pad proper comprising a casing closed along the edges to provide a pocket open at one edge and cotton batting contained within the said casing, the said pad proper being insertable in the said envelope pocket with the said open edge of its casing disposed at the said pocket opening of the outer envelope, the said envelope pocket being attached to the underside of the said shoulder portion of the garment with the said pocket openings juxtaposed to the said juncture of the shoulder portion and sleeve, the said cotton batting being compressed at the said closed edges of the casing whereby the said batting is in its natural uncompressed condition at the said open edge of the casing to provide greater padding efiect and resiliency at the said juncture between the shoulder portion and sleeve of the garment.

7. A shoulder pad adapted to be placed close to the juncture between the shoulder portion and sleeve of a garment, in combination, an outer envelope closed along the edges to provide a pocket presenting a pocket opening at one edge and having a flap at the said pocket opening, a pad proper comprising a casing and cotton batting contained therein and compressed along all but one edge thereof leaving said latter edge uncompressed,

the said pad proper being insertable in the said envelope pocket with its said uncompressed edge disposed at the said pocket opening of the outer envelope, the envelope pocket being attached to the underside of the said shoulder portion of the garment with the said pocket opening and said uncompressed edge of the pad proper juxtaposed to the said juncture of the shoulder portion and sleeve, whereby the batting is in its natural uncompressed condition at the pocket opening to provide greater padding effect and resilienc at the said juncture between the shoulder portion and sleeve of the garment.

NATHAN BRESLOW.

JOSEPH STEIN.

HARRY KNEITEL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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